The news

The Brit Rock V Film Tour is available to stream on demand until 13 November only. The 2023 program contains five films: Goddess of Craic featuring Freja Shannon, Shining Stones featuring Robbie Phillips, Helmcken Falls featuring Emma Powell, Neil Gresham, Tim Emmett and Klemen Premrl, Hard Git featuring Matt Wright...

At Andonno in Italy 22-year-old Laura Rogora has repeated Lapsus (9a+), Cobra Reale (8c+/9a), Noia (8c+) and Noi (8b+).

The IFSC Boulder & Lead Asian Qualifier is currently taking place in Jakarta, Indonesia, with four tickets up for grabs for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games,

The video of Sebastién Bouin making the first ascent of the 9b 'Ariégeois Cœur Loyal' at Pic Saint Loup in France.

From 29 - 31 October 2023 Czech mountaineers Jakub Vlček and Marek Disman have made the first ascent of 'Honzova cesta' on Tengi Ragi Tau (6938m) in Rolwaling Himal, Nepal.

German climber Solveig Korherr, partnered by Luisa Deubzer, has repeated the 8b multi-pitch Hotel Supramonte (8b, 400m) in Sardinia, Italy. The style is impressive: apart from making a no-falls ascent, the pair travelled to Italy using public transport.

Swiss mountaineers Hugo Béguin, Matthias Gribi and Nathan Alexandre Monard have made the first ascent of the unclimbed north face of Flat Top (6057m) in the Kishtwar region of India. Called 'Tomorrow is another day', the 1400m line was climbed alpine style from 3 - 7 October and breaches difficulties...

An online petition has been launched to 'save' the Sassolungo Group in the Dolomites from privatisation. Over 45 thousand signatures have been collected so far.

30-year-old Italian climber Stefano Ghisolfi has repeated Action Directe, Wolfgang Güllich's masterpiece established in 1991 in Frankenjura, Germany.

Bullet Time Photography: Alex Megos climbing Action Directe in the Frankenjura, Germany, captured by Lars Scharl.

From 5 - 7 October 2023 Christian Black, Vitaliy Musiyenko and Hayden Wyatt made the alpine style first ascent of 'Brilliant Blue' (850m, AI3, 80°, M7+) on White Sapphire peak (6040m) in the Kishtwar Valley in India. This is only the 3rd ascent of the mountain overall.

The 34th Memorial María Luisa International Mountain, Nature and Adventure Photo and Video Contest is calling for entries. The deadline is 1 December 2023.

British climber Franco Cookson has made the first ascent of The Dewin Stone, a 9a+ slab at Twll Mawr in the Dinorwig slate quarries above Llanberis in North Wales.

Austrian climber Barbara Zangerl has repeated Meltdown, the 5.14c/8c+ crack climb in Yosemite, USA, first ascended by Beth Rodden in 2008.

Belgian rock climber Anak Verhoeven has made the first female ascent of 'La Fuerza de la Gravedad', an 8b trad roof crack at Vadiello in Spain.

Oriane Bertone from France and Toby Roberts from Great Britain have qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after winning the European Qualifier Boulder & Lead at Laval in France today.